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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.,

JOSEPH SCHAIN'MA'N,` 0F lElTTsBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLECTION-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed December 24, 1914. Serial No. 878,866.

To all whom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SGHANMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Alleghenyvand State ofPennsylvania, have invented new' basket may be readily collapsed againstthe side of the building when not 1n\ use.

With these and other objects in view, as will be brought out fully inthe following description, reference will be had to the accompanyingdrawingsA forming a part of this specification and wherein like numeralsof reference designate correspondingparts through the several views; inwhich:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention, Fig. 2 is a top planview, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the invention collapsed, Fig. 4 isan end elevation of the invention set up, and Fig. 5 is a perspectivedetail view.

The basket is composed wholly of wire, preferably galvanized, andcomprises substantially U-shaped front and rear U-shaped members sethorizontally. Likewise the main end frame members are substantiallyU-shaped and are set horizontally. The front U-shaped member consists ofupper and lower legs 1 and 2 respectively and vertical intermediatebranch 3. The rear U- shaped member consists of upper and lower legs 4and 5 respectively and vertical intermediate branch 6. These twomembers, z'. e. front and rear, are set oppositely with their legsprojecting in opposite directions relatively. The two U-shaped end framemembers are likewise set oppositely, and the free ends of the upper andlower legs 7 and 8 respectively of one of said members projectrelatively oppositely to the free ends of the upper and lower legs 9 and10 respectively of the other of said end frame members. The legs 7 and 8of one end member are connected by a vertical intermediate branch 11,and the upper and lower legs 9 and 10 of the other end member areconnected by a vertical intermediate branch 12. Thus it will be observedthat the vertical corner members of the basket consist of the verticalintermediate branches 3, 6, 11 and l2 of the several U-shaped members.

The terminals of the several upper and lower horizontal legs are bent toform hooks or eyes 14, and in each instance the vertical corner orintermediate branch of one of said U-shaped rmembers is hingedlyreceived in the hooks or eyes 14 of the horizontalleg portions of theadjacent U-shaped member. Thus, the legs of each member being eX- teriorto the hooks or eyes 14 of the legs of its neighbor, Vconfine the freeends of. the legs of the neighbor member from springing outwardly, andas suchv free ends are compressed to position against the naturalresiliency of the wire, such free ends have no tendencyvtodisplaceinwardly toward each f other. The legs 8 and 10 of the end framemembers are off-set by being bent downwardly to form horizontal branches15, and vertical connections 16 between the said legs 8 and 10 andbranches 15. The pair of connections 16 of the leg 8, like those of theleg 10, are spaced apart and form pintles which pass through eyes17formed inthe terminal ends of parallel bottom wires 18 and 19. Thus itwill be noted that the hinge connection between the parts 16 and 17permits the various parts to swing in a horizontal plane, as is the casewith all of the other hinge connections throughout the basket, so thatwhen desired. the basket may be collapsed against the wall of abuilding. For attaching the basket to the wall of a building, the upperleg 4 of the rear U- shaped frame member is provided with eyes 20extending upwardly therefrom and through which nails or screws may beinserted into the building wall. For imparting rigidity to the basketand also for preventing the bottles from displacement, minor U-shapedframe members of wire are provided. These members have horizontal upperand lower legs 21 and 22 respectively and intermediate vertical branches24. The terminal ends of the legs 21 and 22 are provided with hooks oreyes 25, and the opposite ends of these legs where they connect with thevertical branch 24 are bent vupon themselves into hooks or eyes 26, saidhooks or eyes 26 being in the plane of the said legs, and the' verticalbranch 24 in each instance being spaced inwardly from the extreme endsof the hooks or eyes 26 as illusminor front frame member has its hooksor eyes 26 receiving the vertical branch 11 of the major left hand framemember; the minor rear frame member has its hooks or eyes 26 receivingthe vertical branch 12 of the major right hand frame member; the minorleft hand frame member has its hooks or eyes 26 receiving the verticalbranch 6 of the rear major frame member; and the minor right hand framemember has its hooks or eyes 26 receiving the vertical branch 3 of thefront major frame member. The terminal eyes 25 of the front minor framemember engage the vertical branch 3 of the major front member; the eyes25 of the rear minor frame member engage the vertical branch 6 ot' therear major member; the eyes 25 of the left hand minor frame memberengage with the vertical branch 11 of the left hand major frame member;and the eyes 25 of the right hand minor iframe member engage with thevertical branch l2 of the right hand major frame member. each instancethe eyes 25 of the upper and lower minorl frame members engage above andbelow respectively of the hooks or eyes 26 ofthe neighboring minor framemembers. In practice, it has been found that the minor frame membershave no material tendency to creep on the vertical branches ofthe majorframe members, which is probably due to the fact that the eyes 25 and 26are rather firmly closed upon said vertical branches of the major framemembers, and that this frictional engagement while it does not interferewith theopening and closing of the basket is suiliciently great as tooffset the slight weight of the minor frame members.

What is claimed is In a receptacle, substantially U-shaped side and endWall-elements, the free ends of each of said elements being hingedlyconnected with the intermediate portion of its neighboring element,substantially U-shaped minor frame members having Vtheir iree endshingedly connected with said intermediate portions of the side and endwalleelements, the intermediate portions of the minor frame membersbeing bent over and hingedly receiving said intermediate portions of theside and end wall-elements, the lower legs of the two end elementshaving off-set portions providing vertical. pivotal connections, andbars hingedly connected with said pivotal connections and forming abottom wall-element for the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. Y

JOSEPH SCHANMAN.' Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. 7l-UTE, Trios. TREGANowAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for Vve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

